Hi All,
I am trying to insert a Soft Synth in Sonar X1 LE to enable me to play/record using a Midi controller. The massage I get says that the Soft Synth is not installed properly. Can anyone advice me about how I can install this please.
Thanks

What is the softsynth that isn't installed properly?

hi Mike V,
There doesn't seem to be any Soft Synths installed at all. Would Soft Synths  normally be installed when I installed Sonar X1 LE initially?
Thanks
 

I have X1LE came with my Roland keyboard , haven't opened it in a year or so , but if memory serves me you go to top menu- view and select the synth rack. Then select the + and it will show your sad list of synths. I think you only get 3, I found X1 LE a very poor version of Sonar overall. It came with nothing and it is X1 the worst version in the last 15 years or more. 
For $50 you would be much better off with Home Studio. 

Thanks Cactus Music,
I got the X1 with a Roland product I bought so it didn't cost much, but must admit that I'm not impressed. I followed all the instructions to insert a soft synth only to discover that it may not be installed properly. Think I may take your advice and look at Home Studio
Best
John

Free Piano
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Free Electric Piano
http://noiseash.com/sweetcase-vintage-electric-piano/
 
Free Drums
https://www.studiolinked.com/drum-pro/
 
Free Orchestra Sample Libraries - works with free Plogue sforzando sample player https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/
 
http://virtualplaying.com/virtual-playing-orchestra/
 
http://vis.versilstudios.net/vsco-community.html

Ya , I was going to say there's lots of free VST's too, but the fact still remains that X1 LE is really a bad version and not even close to Home Studio. I think I un installed it last year. I only installed it out of curiosity as I was happy using 8.5 and had been paying attention on the forum here where there was nothing but issues with the X1 version. But the best thing about X1 LE was I registered it and Cake offered me X3 studio for $99! That started me on the el cheapo upgrade path that got me where I am now for probably half price.  Not bad for a $130 keyboard that gave me a $100 discount on X3. 
 
PS- Hey John,, I'm downloading the EP from Noise Ash, You can never have enough EP's! :)   Mr Tramp was my favourite freebie but it's 32 bit so I try not to use it now. 

Cactus Music
 
PS- Hey John,, I'm downloading the EP from Noise Ash, You can never have enough EP's! :) 

I got tipped off to most of those free instruments via this Groove3 tutorial, where the instructor covers these instruments in the introduction to his tutorial for constructing a song in Reaper.  Since Reaper does not include many plugins, he was trying to get his students on the same page so that they could follow along.
 
https://www.groove3.com/r...First-Song-with-REAPER
 
I have an all access pass to Groove3 and this was a new tutorial that seemed like it had some good tips that could really apply to any DAW.

Thanks again everyone.
 
Because the Sonar X1 LE is telling me that the soft synths may not be properly installed, I uninstalled the programme,  then re-installed it again, but the soft synths are still not there. Does anyone know if I can install 'soft synths' that will allow me to play a Korg Taktile midi controller keyboard?
 
Meantime, I have bought the wee Korg keyboard, and so far unable to get a single note out it...frustration!
 
 

Your Korg should be fine.  You just need to get a VST soft synth instrument set up in X1.
 
This video is a great tutorial for how to set up your soft synths in X1.  If you follow this you should be able to determine if you have any installed instruments yet.  If not. just try one of the many free instruments available.  If you install one, be aware that some have installer programs that let you select the VST plugin path.  Others just have you unzip the contents to a VST plugin path.  Read their instructions!  In either case, you need to know where you put the plugin so you can follow the directions in the video to set it up.
 
CAKEWALK SONAR X1 - How to use SoftSynths